Niehaus L, Meyer B U
Department of Neurology of the Charité, Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
J Neurol Sci. 1998 Oct 8;160(2):180-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(98)00241-x.
A 25-year-old drug abuser who developed an unusual pattern of cerebral ischemic lesions is presented. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral borderzone infarctions which were attributed to a heroin-associated vasculitis of the basal cerebral arteries. Under probatory corticosteroid medication the mild neurological deficits completely disappeared.
